Thursday, April 28, 2011

Wood Photo Cube Redone

Another one of my crafting experiments!! I decided to get a wood photo cube and cover it with fabric. I think it turned out alright but there will be some things I do differently if I make another one!

Here is before and after


Covered Photo Album

Today I made a covered photo album for my niece's birthday to go with her fleece blanket. They are rally fun to make and you can be as creative as you want! On others that I have made I have added lace around the edges. Here is the process and some photos! :)
Here are some pics of the process!

Supplies: batting, ribbon, fabric, little flowers (optional), and photo album.





Close up of the fabric and ribbon, it has sparkles also







Measuring the batting-- cut little bigger than the album




Cut out notches where book folds




Spray the batting and the photo album




Covered




Measure and cut material-- little bigger than the album



Cut notches out of fabric




Inside of album after fabric is wrapped around the front. To cover where the batting is I cut a piece of fabric and used the spray adhesive and put it over the batting. (No pic, sorry). Repeat for the back of album.




Finished album outside and inside



Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Cross Stitching

I love to do stamped cross stitch baby blankets! I usually order them from Jack Dempsey catalog. I like their designs and they seem bigger than others. Here is one I am almost finished with, just need to pick up some backing for it!




Up close view of the elephant!

Relay For Life

Little background:
One of my nieces was diagnosed with Leukemia last year when she was only 15 years old; it almost took her life. She has fought a long hard battle but is winning!! So since she is doing so well her mom created a Relay For Life team (Believing In Miracles)to help raise money for the American Cancer Society. We have had several fundraisers and have collected over $1,000 so far!!! Our relay event is in July! My sister and I made a bunch of goodies to sell to raise money. I just wanted to post pics of the things we made!!


Cake Pops!







Hard Candy Suckers


Chocolate Suckers


Chocolate Ribbons- they are orange because the Leukemia ribbon is orange

Learning To Sew

I found this tutorial to make "Sweet Candy Pouches" online and just had to try them! Since I know VERY little about sewing I had a friend come over and help me figure it out lol. I dont think it turned out too bad for the first one!
If you would like to try making them the tutorial is available here




Hey!

I just started this blog so bare with me while I get it set up!! Well I might as well start by posting the fleece blanket I made for my niece's 13th birthday!!